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Don's Peach Goes Gate To Wire In Open Mind 'Cap

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Rising Sun Stable’s Don’s Peach broke on top and never
looked back, besting odds-on favorite Geeky Gorgeous by ¾ of a length in
Sunday’s $60,000 Open Mind Handicap at Monmouth Park.

With Paco
Lopez aboard, Don’s Peach covered the six furlongs over a fast main track in
1:09 3/5 and returned $9.20, $3 and $2.20.Geeky Gorgeous completed the $21.40 exacta and paid $2.20 and
$2.10.It was another 2 ¾ lengths back
to Little Stitch, who paid $2.40 to show in the field of seven New Jersey-bred
fillies and mares.

“This is a
dream come true,” said winning trainer Kathy Mongeon.“I was hoping to come here and just win the a
other than.But now to win this, it’s
fantastic.She’s really blossomed since
coming into our program.The plan was to
go to the front, that’s what she knows to do and she does it so easily.Paco (jockey Lopez) let her hop right out of
there and that was it.”

Don’s Peach
was claimed for $6,250 on Feb. 24 at Gulfstream
Park by her current
connections.Last out she won an entry
level allowance race restricted to New Jersey-breds at Monmouth on May 18.The 5-year-old mare by Don Six from the Gold
Legend mare Legendary Peach has now won five of her 22 lifetime starts.

Live racing
continues at Monmouth
Park on Friday, June 7 –
gates open 11:30 a.m. with first post set for 12:50 p.m.As always, the racetrack is open seven days a
week for simulcasting from across the country and around the globe.